US Army Under Fire in Battle for #Mosul

US soldiers embedded with Iraqi forces have been engaged by ISIS in the battle for Western Mosul, according to Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Air Force Col. John Dorrian. Dorrian told reporters:

When someone is shooting at you that is combat. Yes. That has happened. [US forces] have come under fire at different times, they have returned fire at different times in and around Mosul.

He confirmed that 450 US military personnel and an undisclosed number of US special forces were assisting Iraqi Security Forces and Iraq’s elite Counter Terrorism Service. Iraqi and US forces recaptured eastern Mosul from ISIS in late January and are now pushing forward their offensive to take western Mosul.

US personnel have been moving out from command headquarters, advancing closer to front line positions, and have authority to support Iraqi units near the fighting.

The most recent figures available detail that a total of 31 US military personnel have become casualties in the fight against ISIS during Operation Inherent Resolve. The Pentagon did not release any further information.

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